Cancer cells are getting transmitted from one marine species to another

Infectious cancer cells found in carpet shell clam were traced back to a completely different species

Non-communicable diseases pose economic threat to Pacific Islands

Heart disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease have emerged as top killers in the region

Will gene editing provide succour to HIV patients?

There are plenty of problems with the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) used to treat HIV/AIDS patients

Unkindest cut of all

The Union government's health budget hack is pushing Maharashtra back into the malnutrition trap

Sexual transmission of Zika more common than thought: WHO

Mosquitoes remain the primary driver of the transmission

Why don’t we wipe mosquitoes off the face of the Earth?

They spread disease and misery and account for millions of deaths every year. There's not a lot to be said for mosquitoes

Why dengue needs out of the box thinking

India should learn from success of its malaria control efforts

Metal shield

Green monster nailed

Phosphorus can kill deadly bacterium that hits citrus plants

Mobile tester for crop diseases

Michigan State University scientists have developed a portable, effective device for testing plant diseases. Called Gene-Z, it was unveiled at …

On dengue trail

Scientists study populations of Aedes aegypti

On the way out

Are your organs in the right place?

Scientists have hit on a gene that decides exactly where internal organs will be positioned in the body of a mouse

Spring brings sad tidings on ozone hole

Fresh data on dipping levels of atmospheric ozone add up to a grim scenario that can have serious implications for life on earth.

No money for labs in antibiotics research

Though increasing bacterial resistance to antibiotics is making it difficult to treat diseases such as malaria, pharmaceutical companies do not …

TB threat as acute as AIDS

Infectious diseases are still the largest cause of death in the world and tuberculosis remains the leader.

AIDS increases TB death risk

People infected with the AIDS virus are more susceptible to tuberculosis, and this further reduces their chances of survival.

Craft of the graft

A plastic tube can be used to insert a graft into blood vessels, circumventing the need for bypass surgery

Hear, hear

How to kill four cheetahs barehanded!

Sounding the blood vessels

To hell with the hippocratic oath

East is best

A hearty solution

Slitting the beating heart

Dutch surgeons show the way to carry out coronary bypass surgeries without using the heart-lung machine